Cherry Blossom (ability)

FFIX Cherry Blossom — Cherry Blossom in *Final Fantasy IX*.

The most powerful limit skill.

Final Fantasy Tactics description

Cherry Blossom (桜華狂咲, Ōka Kyōshō?, lit. Cherry Blossom Rabid Bloom), also known as Chaos Thrust, is a recurring ability in the Final Fantasy series. It is commonly associated with Freya Crescent, although Cloud Strife also occasionally uses it.

Appearances[]

Final Fantasy IX[]

Main article: Cherry Blossom (Final Fantasy IX)

Cherry Blossom is an ability for Freya, learned for 40 AP from the Obelisk and Kain's Lance. It costs 46 MP and deals non-elemental magic damage to all enemies equal to 150% of Freya's normal attack.

Final Fantasy XIV[]

Dragoons gain access to the weaponskill Chaos Thrust upon reaching level 50. Chaos Thrust is a melee attack that causes the target to take damage over time and deals increased damage when performed from the target's rear. Chaos Thrust is upgraded to Chaotic Spring upon reaching level 86, gaining an enhanced attack animation and increased attack potency.

Final Fantasy Tactics[]

Cherry Blossom is an ability of the Soldier class, unique to Cloud, learned for 1,200 JP (2,500 JP in the War of the Lions version). It has a range of 3, effect of 3, and speed of 5. Due to it having such a long Charge Time, it may never see action in actual gameplay.

Dissidia Final Fantasy NT[]

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Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia[]

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Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade[]

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Final Fantasy Record Keeper[]

【FFRK】フライヤ必殺技『桜華狂咲』 — Freya's Cherry Blossom Super Soul Break.

Two versions of Cherry Blossom exist as Soul Breaks.

The first version is a Super Soul Break available to Freya from the Dragon Knight's Greatcoat (IX) relic. It deals three ranged physical wind-elemental attacks to all targets and causes Freya's jump attacks to land instantly for three turns. Freya's Cherry Blossom costs two bars from the Soul Break gauge to perform and can eventually be mastered once accumulating enough experience into the Dragon Knight's Greatcoat (IX) relic.

The second version is an Overstrike Soul Break available to Cloud from the Materia Blade (T) relic. The ability deals massive fire, ice, and lightning elemental damage to a single target and can break the damage cap. Cloud's Cherry Blossom costs two bars from the Soul Break gauge to perform in battle. It can eventually be mastered once accumulating enough experience into the Materia Blade (T) relic and grants a bonus to Cloud's base attack stat by 10 points.

Final Fantasy Brave Exvius[]

Cherry Blossom (FFVII: AC) is an ability learned by Cloud (FFVII: AC) at level 110 (7★). It costs 99 MP, has a 4 turn cooldown, and is usable on turn 4. It deals 10 hits of physical damage with a modifier of 30x, then 1 hit of physical damage with a modifier of 38x delayed for one turn to one enemy. In addition, it increases LB damage by 150% which cannot be dispelled for 3 turns to the caster.

Cherry Blossom is the Limit Burst for Freya at 4★. When fully powered, it deals 1 hit of physical damage with a modifier of 3x to all enemies.

Cherry Blossom is the Limit Burst for Dragon Knight Freya. At max rarity and fully powered, it deals 9 hits of physical damage with a modifier of 100x that ignores 50% DEF and reduces spear resistance by 35% for 4 turns to all enemies. In addition, it increases the damage modifier of Burmecian Dragon Knight Arts, Dragon King's Fang Strike, Dragon Knight Jump - Light, Dragon Knight Jump - Light+1, Dragon Knight Jump - Light+2, Dragon Knight Jump - Light+3, Dragon Knight Jump - Light+4, Dragon Knight Jump - Wind, Dragon Knight Jump - Wind+1, Dragon Knight Jump - Wind+2, Dragon Knight Jump - Wind+3, Dragon Knight Jump - Wind+4, Holy Dragon's Flight, Piercing Dragon Knight Spear, Rain Dragon's Vault, and Spinning Leap by 70x which cannot be dispelled for 11 turns to the caster.

Final Fantasy Trading Card Game[]

One of Freya's cards can use Cherry Blossom. For two Lightning CP, the discard of a Freya card and Dulling Freya, Cherry Blossom deals 2000 damage to the opponent for each card the player controls with Dragoon as their name or job.

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Etymology[]

[view · edit · purge]A sakura (桜、さくら、or サクラ?) or cherry blossom, is the flower of any of several trees of genus Prunus, particularly the Japanese Cherry, Prunus serrulata. Sakura are an enduring metaphor for the ephemeral nature of life, an aspect of Japanese cultural tradition that is often associated with Buddhistic influence, and which is embodied in the concept of mono no aware.

The kanji for "Ōka/Sakurabana" via the second kanji is written with 華 instead of 花, which somewhat changes its meaning and context.